CVE-2006-4691
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 80.0%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetpManageIPCConnect function in the Workstation service (wkssvc.dll) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via NetrJoinDomain2 RPC messages with a long hostname.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 80.0% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4678)
- Published
- November 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4678 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20061114.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22883(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017221
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778036(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451588/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20985
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4508
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-070
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A607
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A908
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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